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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 727-25 · Ft Lauderdale, FL · April 9, 1991

Date
April 9, 1991 · 21:17 local
Place
Ft Lauderdale, FL
Airport
Ft Lauderdale-Hollywood International
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
FDEA
Aircraft
N509FE
Reported as
Boeing 72725
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Lost a system hydraulic fluid on climb. Dumped fuel. Returned. Found a leaking outboard trailing edge flap valve.

As the FAA filed it

LOST A SYSTEM HYDRAULIC FLUID ON CLIMB. DUMPED FUEL. RETURNED. FOUND A LEAKING OUTBOARD TRAILING EDGE FLAP VALVE.